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Structure-ID:	s0000144
Created on:	04/16/99
Modified on:	02/28/07

Biosphere
US Pavilion for EXPO '67

Completed in:	1967
Status:	in use
Location:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Biosphere, Montréal, Québec.

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Function / usage:

Fair or trade building

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Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Structures in this project

Designer	Richard Buckminster Fuller

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Part of structure	Description	Value
Construction materials used
building structure	steel
Dimensions

	diameter	76 m
	height	61 m

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	archINFORM: Geodesic Dome at Expo '67
	Great Buildings Online: US Pavilion at Expo '67

Relevant Literature
	Deswarte, Sylvie L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 72.
	Kretschmer, Winfried Geschichte der Weltausstellungen (1^st edition), Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt (Germany) , ISBN 3593362732, 1999; pp. 246.
	Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 312-314.

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